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Saturday afternoon, June 16, 2018, imagine you’re in the shoes of Clement Casillas, the coordinator of this year’s Battle of the Badges show. On board the floating fortress, the U. S. S. Midway Naval Air Carrier, he’s virtually walking around in circles nervously contemplating his limited options. Initially, he looks off in the far distance hoping […]

In Bout #1, it was 16-year-old Moises Sanchez (144.4 lbs.) from Intensity MMA, South San Diego, Calif. going up against 15-year-old Rogelio Soto from Sparta Boxing Training Center, El Centro, Calif. (141.8 lbs.). From the outset, Sanchez became a headhunter and with each blow proved he possessed the heavier hands. By the second round, his […]

November 27, 2017 Citalli Ortiz, who loves to box, is what you would call a natural. Even when there was only the slimmest of chances there might be a female boxer in her weight class for a USA Amateur Boxing competition, you knew she would be there to represent the Lee Espinoza Coachella Boxing Club. There she’d be […]

Whether it be the popularity of the venue or the popularity of the contestants, the latest USA Amateur Boxing show, Showdown in the Valley IV at the One Training Center in Spring Valley, featured a packed house of passionate boxing fans.

Prior to Saturday’s Champions of Tomorrow USA Amateur Boxing show, the organizers made a list of concerns: 1) surpass the patron’s expectations as far as delicious food and make it modestly priced 2) the weather? No problem there, a glorious day had been forecast 3) Evenly matched bouts? The pre-matching of bouts would take care […]